Rubber and Resin Analysis and Testing

The composition of a rubber is extremely important to its performance. Rubbers and resins are often complex materials consisting of fillers, plasticizers, flame retardants, curing agents, etc. in addition to the basic rubber polymers and copolymers.
This laboratory utilizes a number of methods to separate and determine the exact content of the various components of rubbers and resins.

These methods include:

• Pyrolysis and FT-IR spectral analysis for polymer identification.
• Quantitative extraction for additives content.
• Quantitative ashing for filler content.
• Microanalysis for fiber content.
• Thermal Scan (DSC) for curing analysis.
• Other methods can involve separation of extracted materials by liquid (HPLC) or gas chromatography for their identification and quantitation.